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Sussex Police is to trial the use of drones at Gatwick Airport, to beam live high-quality pictures to officers on the ground.

The Aeryon Skyranger drone Credit: Press Association

Sussex Police will use the system - known as the Aeryon Skyranger - as an eye in the sky for three months. Similar technology has been used in the past by police forces in Merseryside, Essex, Staffordshire and Northern Ireland.